in the immediate metro, sorry. just some wet flakes mixed in. today nothing like that. a nice looking day. got plenty of sunshine expected. our day planner, it's 33 now. watch out for some slick spots maybe a driveway or sidewalk, be careful early. but low 40s by noon and a little breezy early but notice the skies clearing this morning. so you got a good looking moon and the western sky. going to set in a little while. upper 20s though in frederick, leesburg gaithersburg to 24 in hagerstown. so again that's where we're concerned. even manassas and la plata are below freezing, fauquier and stafford counties as well which could be a little icy. feeling like 17 in hagerstown. it's 6:00 a.m. monika samtani is ready to tell you about the big problem off to the east of us. yes, that's right. on the inbounds side of route 50, here's what it's been looking like for a good 20 minutes or so. right before the beltway on the john hanson highway. emergency crews on the scene.

tow trucks been there for a while with traffic getting to the right and left but you've got delays for over the mile on the inbound side of route 50. just zooming out right now to show you the delay on the inbound side of route 50. basically from mitchellville heading for the beltway with the accident. i'll show you the map and if you're heading inbound again just know that right before you get to the beltway. you can exit to 495 but it's going to take awhile to get there. to the south side of town, coming up from alreadyington, newington and springfield. the initial delays begin in lorton up to newington and here in springfield traffic still moving pretty well to the beltway. coming up in my next report, i'll once again go to route 50 at 6:12. thank you monika. we start with just a horrible accident. a paramedic who was responding to an emergency slips and then falls off a highway bridge and now he's in the hospital. >> it happened last night along

395 near shellington. the paramedic fell into four mile run. he's now at washington hospital center and that's where delia goncalves is live this morning. delia? >> reporter: andrea, very difficult story indeed this paramedic was rushed here to the hospital in critical condition last night. and we're told his condition has in the changed this morning. he is -- not changed this morning. he is still recovering this morning here at the hospital with very serious injuries. this is a picture of 33-year- old joshua weissman of bristow, he's a seven year veteran of the department and we're told he was in cardiac arrest when he was pulled from that creek. at four mile run. weissman got out of his car to respond to that burning vehicle on the other side of the highway when he somehow slipped through a gap in-between the two spans of the overpass. he fell 20 feet into that creek. very rocky creek below. >> medic units are dispatched with engine companies on autofires to provide medicalsy

sis stance, they were respond -- assistance. they were responding as part of that initial response. they came up on the autofire first. the other person responded and at that point we dispatched additional resources to deal with that issue as well. >> reporter: it's unclear if weissman who has been on the department for seven years now was familiar with that span of 395 and that particular gap in- between the two spans, but we can tell you of course it was dark when the accident happened and of course he was rushing to a scene to rescue someone from that burning vehicle. now coming up in half hour, we'll give you a better idea of how that road is laid out. how the two spans are laid out. and how that gap is in-between so maybe, it can help answer some of the questions that still exist this morning. how this terrible accident could have happened. that part of the story in a half hour. mike? >> delia goncalves live outside washington hospital center this morning. now on to prince george's county where police are

investigating a murder inriver dale park. the victim was found near sheridan street near 61st place. they found a plan shot inside a home. he was taken to the hospital where he died. witnesses tell police the man was sitting on the front steps of the home when two men with masks approached him. at least one of the men shot the victim. his name has not been released. the sigh of relief this morning for participants after coach -- parents at ketcham elementary in the district. police arrested a man who was wanted on charges of sexually assaulting a little girl inside the school. in custody now, 21-year-old davon rashad wood of southeast. he somehow into the elementary school during the school hours last week and then assaulted a student. wood's is now charged with second degree child sex abuse. now to a story you saw first right here only channel 9. the 22-year-old convicted drunk driving crash which killed three people in olney

and the person who was convicted wants to appeal his sentence. kevin coffay says spending the next 20 years in prison is exesive. in his letter -- excessive, in his letter he writes quote -- at 6:0 a check on the presidential campaign and an event in washington is here in the spot light. the conservative political action conference begins today at the marriott wardman park. also speaking virginia attorney attorney ken cuccinelli. the presidential hopefuls are crisscrossing the nation in the wake of tuesday's contests. santorum won the votes in minnesota, missouri and colorado. ling and he's trying to -- and he's trying to point himself as the conservative alternative to

mitt romney. while romney is trying to paint the former senator as a d.c. insider. >> we need of the somebody that's going to go out and paint the vision of what america is going to look like versus barack obama. >> newt gingrich and rick santorum they spent -- they spent a lot of time in washington and during their years we spent more money than we were taking in. >> tuesday's triple wins have been big for the santorum campaign. it took in $1 million in just the last 48 hours. speaking of money, at 6:06. jessica doyle is watching yours. >> indeed and apparently this warm winter is good for the checkbooks. >> that's right, it's been a real gift to the bank accounts this year. an example. baltimore gas and electric customers can expect to pay $100 to $200 less. pge says in addition to the warmer weather, falling commodity prices for natural gas and electricity helping to keep down the bills. on average, customers are expected the pay about 16% less this winter. and we're doing a better

job saving. workers stashed money in their 401k retirement accounts faster last year. unfortunately though investors' performance and fees, that meant that investors really didn't get all that far ahead. the fidelity investments says year end balances averaged about $69,000. it's green, it's minty and now it's available across the country. we're talking about the shamrock shake over at mcdonald's. for the first time, the green milkshake will be available at all of the company's 14,000 u.s. restaurants. the mint flavored shake comes out once a year around st. patrick's day but since it launched in 1970, only some restaurants carries it. it will be available until march 25th. not a big mint person but i will say when i was pregnant with sophia, i had the vanilla milkshake practically every day because it was one of the only things that didn't get me sick. >> i'm all about this.

mcwhatever it is. >> the shamrock shake. >> okay. get him for a present. >> thanks jess. >> you got it. thank you very much. now, speaking a little bit more money, if you were hoping to call out to work today, no such luck. nobody won the $250 million powerball jackpot last night. oh, and no tickets sold in our area even matched five of the six numbers. that was worth $1 million. saturday night's drawing -- yeah, saturday night's drawing will be worth an estimated $310 million. we have another shot at it. your odds of winning though are 175 million to 1. >> you're saying there's chance? >> let's put in the polls here. cool schools just eight minutes away. this week, cyber crime. a major security threat according to the u.s. defense department. we found some high school students who tracked criminalled online -- criminals online better than some experts. the winter weather has moved out and we'll see the sun today. howard has a look ahead to the weekend when we come back so stay with 9news now.

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we are back at 6:11 with a look at what's making news this thursday morning. today the pentagon will announce women will be allowed to fill more roles in the military. the associated press reports women will be allowed to serve at the be aal knowledge level but still be kept from the infantry and special operations forces.

washington is the first state on the west coast to legalize same sex marriage. lawmakers approved it last night and the governor will sign the bill into law next week. montgomery county wants to raise the speed limit on the inner county connector. it's 55 right now. county lawmakers are hoping it can be raised to 65. the final decision rests with the maryland transportation authority. here's monika with an update on traffic. >> and we're going to take a live look from sky 9 to start things off. the accident on the westbound side of route 50. the john hanson highway. it's right near route 704 as you approach the beltway. a good 30 to 40 minutes now dealing with the accident with one lane to the right and left squeezing by. delays for over a mile. solid to the accident. let's also go to virginia. another major accident. this one's on the northbound side of i-95. just before route 7100. two right lanes are blocked and delays solid from lorton trying

to get up towards 7100. we're go further north into springfield. once you break free from the accident, this is what you have to the beltway. a quick welcome at 270. no problems here as you come down from clarksburg all the way down to the point where the lanes divide. 270's been incident-free with no troubles and all lanes open here. i'll update you at 6:24. back to you guys. thank you monika. 6:13 right now and this is a live look. another beautiful look at the morning here in our nation's capital. washington monument. >> 33 degrees so far. howard bernstein along in just a moment with weather. we want to tell you page county is on a two hour delay this morning. we believe it is weather related. we had a snow yesterday a little bit of a dusting, overnight some of it melted and refroze but everything is moving fine on the roadways right now. >> howard, how would you rate

it? >> a negative 2. i tweeted that even our midly storms were bad. they had some 1 to 2-inch totals up to westminster and frederick county and washington county had the totals. damas thus, clarksburg an inch up there and percyville. also reported an inch. a look at the bus stop forecast and in spite of a couple of days the morning, we're actually looking pretty good. eastern generally sunny but chilly. of thes from the upper -- temperatures from the upper 20s to upper 30s with the warm spots and that's from southern maryland to the bay. watch out for them for the next few hours, 36 by 9:00. by noon 31, by 3:00 46. northwesterly wind at about 10 miles an hour during the day. just a bit of a breeze this morning. there was a snow last night at 6:00 and it did turn over briefly here in the district

but it didn't amount to much. the streets thankfully stayed wet just about everywhere. generally wet streets. clear skies this morning and temperatures are down below freezing, in fact down to 24 in hagerstown and it's 30 in winchester. south and east of town we guilty mid 340s now from -- got mid 30s now from tappahannock to eastern. again a couple of slick spots and again 27 up in gaithersburg and it's 31 in springfield and columbia and baden this morning at 33 degrees while looking outside the michael & son weather camera, nice and clear. white house lit up there are. they're there 24/7 working. 34 degrees with a windchill of 25 thanks to the wind at 10 miles an hour. there goes the storm from yesterday. and i kind overhated to call it a storm. -- of hate to call it a storm. system from yesterday. not too much behind it but a front is going to be invading the midwest here today and that thing is going to arrive monday night. ahead of it sunny skies and mid-

to upper 40s today and we'll climb to near 50 tomorrow but friday midday. here come some clouds. 4:45 in the afternoon on friday, snow showers in west virginia. look at the rain and snow showers break out friday night. here we are at 1:145 into saturday with the rain and snow showers as the colder air moves in. and that will pretty much mean a pretty chilly weekend. today, as we look at the forecast, temperatures are going to top out maybe upper 40s. with a great deal of sunshine. 20s and 30s tonight under clear skies. tomorrow sunshine to start and clouds to finish and some rain and snow showers tomorrow night and north again where we had it last night. a little bit of accumulation there is into saturday with the windy saturday. 38 and sunday, cold and 32. mike, back to you. all right, thank you howard. the cool school's bus is stopping in montgomery county. this morning. where we found some of the next cyber crime fighters. you know hackers target everything from the fbi to facebook. so finding them is very important for authorities. some students at poolsville

high school are some of the best in the world at doing it. >> they had embedded message and like an image. there's also a sound file that result you know, mixed up. >> criminal investigators call it network trap and trace. >> they were encoding their conversations. to a voice detection. >> a cyber attack is on its way. finding criminals on the internet and securing cyberspace is the next big challenge for the u.s. government. and they need more experts fast. >> we will suffer a catastrophic cyber attack. >> the clock is ticking. digital investigators of the future are at poolsville high school right now. these four seniors beat out high school teams from around the world in a department of defense contest called the digital forensics challenge. kevin what areson learned how to -- harrison learned how to

track a suspects all the way back to the keyboard where it started. he used a tool called wire shark. it traces online conversations. >> before had no clue this might be something that i like doing. this digital forensics, but after the conversation, it's been fun -- competition, it's been fun. >> not only can team alpha phs win the high school division, they came in 36th out of more than 1100 teams which included graduate students and professional programmers. a reward for their hard work taking classes at a conference in atlanta. right next to fbi, nsa and law enforcement agents from around the country. and teacher jack stanesbury says the experts had a message for them. >> if you really do well in college at this kind of work, computer science, you can start at $120,000 a year. yeah, starting salary. that's what they said. >> i was actually hoping to get

an internship in this, cyber security. >> i really like electrical engineering. that's my position. if i can relate that to cyber security, that's all the better. >> all the better for national security. so impressive. in fact, poolsville high school was so impressive, they're now starting a pilot program for a forensics club which may translate to the rest of the country. the members of the team have already entered the 2012 competition cannot even in college -- and not even in college yet but they registered as college students. if you have a school cool, e- mail -- cool school, e-mail me -- we'd love to be profiling your school in the coming weeks. our time right now is 6:19. up next a busy night in college basketball plus learn what fans of the terrapins, yankees and raiders all have in common. right now time for another check of the question of the morning this morning --

>> facebook friend lisa says -- >> keep the guesses coming, we're going to reveal the answer coming up at 6:53. we'll be right back.

welcome back. 6:23. howard with your weather first. and we've got a good day ahead. just have to watch out this morning with some temperatures below freezing. and some of the wetness from yesterday's rain and snow mix. but we could have some slick spots out there but all in all a good day. to the day planner, sunshine will be around this morning and this afternoon. 41 degrees by noon. highs today mid to upper 40s with northwesterly winds at about 10 miles an hour. last night six local basketball teams were in action and as a region we sort of just

went 2-4. >> so instead of focusing on the losers first, let's focus on the winners. good knew, 20th ranked virginia hosted wake forest. mike scott tied is uva record by making all nine of hisshots, the cavaliers won. also last night george mason beat hofstra. now to the teams that didn't fare so well. georgetown was taking on syracuse and this one went to overtime. chris joseph had a career-high 29 points incolluding a three pointer in ot. the hoyas lose 64-61. also losing last night west virginia, gw and navy. jeremy lin get to know that name. you'll be hearing ate lot soon. harvard graduate. one of the only grads in the nba, a sensation for the new york knicks now and he happened to visit verizon center last night. dc hosting new york. lin had 23 points including the very first nba dunk.

wizards lose and john wall had 29 in the loss and they he's the miami -- host the miami heat tomorrow. you are among the meanest in sports maryland basketball fans, what? our partners at "usa today" out with the list of the ten meanest sports fan bases. they cite the couch burning that happens along route 1 after duke games. blue devils' fans also made the list not surprisingly along with boston redsox fans, new york yankee fans made the list. west virginia mountaineers as well on the list of meanest fans in sports. our time is 6:25. still ahead a political fight is heating up. it involves religious groups against president obama's health care plan. all you need is love but you need money to find it. keep watching that bar on the right side of your screen. you can see it. that's our rundown. you can find out when that story is coming next. and right now monika?

>> john hanson highway. several separate accidents cleared. you can see the delay there heading for the beltway. other accidents northbound 95 in newington also cleared. i'll have that next coming up at 6:30. you're watching 9news now. stay with us. [ female announcer ] this is not a prescription.

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howard bernstein with you. that's ray than national with temperature of -- reagan national with temperature of 33. a lot of areas are hovering below freezing but we'll get rid of the cold in a few hours as the sun is going to shine brightly for you on this thursday. looking at the day planner expecting temperatures to go into the low 40s by noon and highs to the mid- and upper 40s with a drive home temp of 45 degrees but really take it easy because as skies clear behind yesterday's rain and snow system, that's allowed these temperatures in many areas especially north and west to drop below freezing and even la plata at 31. you can have pockets of slick spots there as well as in prince george's county. fredericksburg, culpeper 32. so all the areas got to watch out for the slick spots and there's a little breeze this morning. got the windchills as low as 17 in gaithersburg. i'll be back in about 13 minutes talking about the weekend in a couple more snow chances, right now inside to monika with your timesaver traffic. well, unfortunately i'm the bearer of bad news for two

major thoroughfares this morning. i'm sorry. on the inbound side of route 50, the john hanson highway, apparently there were three separate accidents near the beltway. they've all been cleared but you can see all this red? that shows you you've got slow traffic on the inbound side of route 50 at least at 22 american so expect that early slow delay on the inbound side of route 50. in fact i think i have a live look as well and again this is approaching the beltway and you can see the activity. everything's been moved to the shoulder with lanes open. back to the maps this time northbound on i-95 in newington. this accident's been cleared but look at this delay on the northbound side of 95 going at 19 coming up from gordon boulevard with the lanes open. we were hoping for a sky 9 shot. i'm not sure if we have that -- yes, we do. on the northbound side of 95. this is what you should expect trying to get into newington. the only good news is that the lanes are open. coming up in my next report, an update on the situation once

again at 6:43. andrea and mike? thank you monika. an alexandria, virginia par med sick in the hospital this morning. he fell 20 feet off the highway bridge last night while responding to an emergency. >> a freak accident happened along 395 in arlington right where it goes over four mile run. delia goncalves is live in northwest washington where the paramedic is in the hospital fighting for his life. delia, good morning. >> reporter: he absolutely is. mike you know that paramedic was rushed here to washington medical center hospital center i should say last night in critical season. and unfortunately -- critical condition. and unfortunately the condition has not changed this morning. he is 33-year-old joshua weissman of bristow. he's a seven year veteran of the department. weissman was among the first on the scene of a car fire around 6:30 p.m. yesterday. when he pulled his vehicle over on the northbound lanes of 395, he got out of the car to cross over to the highway to reach that burning vehicle.

in the southbound lanes. that's when he somehow fell in a gap in-between the guardrails separating the two spans of the bridge. >> they were all rushing trying to help their buddies out you know. i feel sorry for his girlfriend or his wife. she came down there and i said a little prayer for her and i hope he gets better. >> i started crying and i got down and i started praying right but that man that worked -- got to me, that man that worked on it you know what i'm saying? it was like 20 minutes and would not stop. he wouldn't give up. >> my first reaction was like how do you fall over? i still don't know how he fell over. >> reporter: that's still the question on many peoples' minds at this early morning into the investigation, how did he fall over? we do know though reportedly he was in cardiac arrest when he was pulled from the creek. virginia state police will continue to investigate and find out how this terrible accident happened.

mike, back to you. >> thank you delia, delia goncalves live outside washington's hospital center this morning. well, a bizarre accident in bethesda leaves a contractor dead. montgomery county police say 66- year-old conception divalla was working at a home yesterday when the silverado started rolling into the street and it appears at this time that he got pinned when he tried to stop the truck from rolling into a stone wall. prosecutors revealed distressing details on the first day of george huguely's murder trial. he is accused of killing his ex- girlfriend, yeardley love in may of 2010. she was found dead. wednesday prosecutors told the jury it took love a couple of hours to die after huguely beat her during the fight. they also showed an e-mail huguely sent love two days before her death. it clinoided the -- included the phrase i should have killed you. in federal court in alexandria is man is expected

to plead guilty to posting online threats against the creators of the television show "south park." jesse curtis morton of new york changed his name after converting to islam. he was arrested in morocco last fall and another operator of the revolution muslim website has already been sentenced to 25 years in prison. former virginia governor and current candidate tim cane is breaking from president obama. the democrat is now criticizing some new white house rules which require some religious groups to provide coverage for contraceptives, cane is catholic. republicans and some democrats on the hill are fighting back now. they want the white house to allow an opt out clause for groups that say it violates their beliefs. among opponents speaking out, the roman catholic archdiocese of baltimore. >> this isn't something we can compromise on because it's fundamental to our teachings and you have to be consistent.

we're talking about not just contraception but condoms. >> as well as all counties in maryland west of frederick, cbs the morning is going to be talking about this issue. in fact, arizona senator john mccain will be sharing his thoughts at the top of the hour. jessica doyle is back with another your money report. >> and google is giving away money? >> of course there's a catch. you know it wants to pay you in exchange for essentially checking out everything you do online to follow you around. this project is called screen lines. the search engine is offering users $5 gift cards for amazon.com. >> $5. >> be but wait, you get to install the extension on the chrome browser and then you get $5 for the next five months, google wants the see where you go online and how you use the web in order to improve its products. right now google screen line is

landing pages directing users to come back later for more details. as it's being overburdened. money can't buy you love they say. but you may need to spend some of your money to find love. even the census bureau tracks this stuff. singles looking for love spent almost $1 billion on dating services in 2007 alone. this year, if you're looking to meet mr. or mrs. right in time for valentine's day. msn money says the initial costs for finding data, you can find discounts on sites like mr. rebates and fatwallet.com. those are for the dating sites. just so you know, for men, restaurant costs will average you about $2,000, ladies are picking up some of the tabs too. they're going to spend about $1,300 and let's say you find the love of your life. theknot.com says the average wedding now costs $27,000.

>> whoa. >> or you can elope and put that money towards a house. >> love hurts. your wallet. your wallet. >> i love the commercial where they're talking about we thought about spending it on diamond this, but instead of top of the mountain. that's a good one. >> thanks jess. >> you got it. lot of money. channel 9 is committed to helping you get hired. you know jessica's been touting that. so we're telling you about a free job fair today in arlington. it runs from 10:30 this morning until 2:00 this afternoon. it's at the holiday inn in rosslyn just blocks from the metro. private and public employers will be there, bring your resume and dress professionally and good luck in your job search. time now 6:38. coming up in about nine minutes or so, we are going into the kitchen, our friends at the cheesecake factory are here to show us a little valentine's day dinner. and howard says a sunny day ahead. ahead both a warmup and a cooldown in the seven day

forecast including valentine's day.

welcome back. 6:43. 33 degrees. you want to see this if you're just putting on the coat and heading out the gear for 9 # -- door for 95 northbound look at in newington, from lorton all the way through newington. the as of the delay cleared but that is what it left for you this morning. little further north. some good news on 395. there are really no problems to report as you come up from

landmark to glebe road and the 14th seat bridge. traffic still moving bell. but back tabooed -- well. but back to bad news. actually several accidents here and all been pushed to the shoulder and still attracting attention. although lanes are open expect delays from about i-97 as you head inbound on route 50. all lanes are open this morning. coming up in my next report, another look at the big picture at 6:58. back to you mike and howard. all right, thank you. i want to see what it felt like to sit in the spaceship enterprise here in the weather center. a little bit of snow up north and we have only video proof of that. >> i live about ten miles south of it. this is up from urbanna where there was snow and look how nicely it clung to the trees and the grass can the cars but it didn't cling to the roads which was expected and also very nice. we had a great job on the highway departments who were out treating this thing the day before the strike so the reads

were all clear. >> sure did on 270. >> very few problems as far as roads go and we had a couple of spots. 2 inches up well north of us up near the pennsylvania border. today though looking at the bus stop forecast, we've got sunshine to tart the day and sunshine all day lodge. we're in the 20s in spots and we do have slick spots north and west and even inside the beltway some slick spots, any decks or sidewalks and maybe the driveway. watch out. there could be black ice on that. but seasonal averages are in the mid 40s, about 46 and that's what i'm going for for d.c. but there will be some spots even in the upper 40s as winds go northwest to westerly and relax a little bit by 4:00. 8 miles an hour and tonight at 8:00 p.m. 40 with a west wind less than 5. it's going to be a cold night tonight. back in the 20s and 30s. this morning we've got 24 in hagerstown. 32 culpeper and fredericksburg and you'll notice all of the temperatures even down to tappahannock, right around or below freezing. this is why we've got a lot of potential for slick spots over the next few hours.

and the winds this morning, pushing windchills down into the upper teens and even mids here in washington -- 20s here in washington. sunshine a little away, about 20 minutes or so with the predawn sky now lighting things up here with good visibility on the michael & son weather camera. 33, feeling like 25 with the winds out of the north- northwest at 10 miles per hour. you can see the white and pink way up north of banner here. that is going to be coming south and a shot of that into the weekend. today, sunshine and mild. temperatures in the mid to upper 40s. we start to watch the clouds tomorrow morning the ohio valley. they'll head toward west virginia by noon. and then the afternoon, we're going to see increasing clouds but look hat this by 6:00 p.m. the shenandoah valley may see a little bit of rain/snow mix. ahead of this front. we could see rain and snow showers. not just friday night but into saturday morning as well. your highs today mid- to upper 40s and only about 47 frederick, 44 for winchester. looking at the forecast, today a high of about 46.

lots of sunshine. 20s and 30s tonight. 50 tomorrow with some really light friday night showers into saturday as well. sunday about 32 but back in the 40s by monday. andrea? oh, i envy you right now. thank you howard. love is in the air as we get close to valentine's day and a wonderful aroma here in the 9 kitchen because we're preparing a romantic dinner. joining us is chef c. j. lefebvre from the cheesecake factory in fairfax and he's going to prepare for us chicken bellagio. >> the pounded chicken. it's chicken breast which is pounded. we're going to flour it with seasoned bread crumb and egg mix and place that on a flat stop skillet. this is a very easy dish to make at home and it looks wonderful. the bread crumbs? >> you can use whatever bread crumb, whatever works best for you. over here in our saute pans we're going to make sure we have pasta cooking. >> reporter: all right.

>> just about eight minutes to cook pasta al dente. >> any particular pasta? >> this is a thicker of a spaghetti. correct, we have the basil oil and a little butter and chicken broth that's thinning out and we have a parmesan cream sauce. going to take the pasta and add it straight to the basil oil. >> and get that going. >> just get this going and mix it up and make sure it's nice and hot. >> it looks pretty. >> it does. >> now i notice it's not just chicken and pasta but you have a little ham on this? >> there's prosciutto actually, which is like a little cured ham. take the pasta and place it right on the plate. just as a base. >> beautiful. >> you're going to take the chicken and put it right on top of the pasta. >> is valentine's day a big -- >> it is. >> holiday for cheesecake factory? >> it's a big couples day and night and it's great. we're looking forward to it. >> then up a cream -- you have

a cream sauce? >> right around the pasta, you want the green color to pop off the white. >> good you're going to share that because it feels like so many wonderful calories and this is a special night. >> you want to splurge. we have this prosciutto. >> you're splurging with the prosciutto. but dessert is always wonderful and chocolate? >> it's a cheesecake and it's a special ache for us right now. -- cake for us right now. for every slice we sell we will donate 25 cents to feeding america. >> maybe you can just that and enjoy the valentine's day but chef lafever. thank you very much and the recipe is on the website at wusa9.com. try and make it and impress the one you love. it is 6:49. a check on the news before you go is up next.

at 6:52. it's 33 in washington but many areas below freezing and please watch out for that black ice. the slick spots for another couple of hours but by noon, even later this morning, we'll be well above freezing, 41 at noon. lots of sunshine today with highs in the mid- to upper 40s. mike? thank you howard. thursday, february 9th. a kick on the news before you go -- check on the news before you go now. doctors are trying to save the life of an alexandria paramedic, joshua weissman was trying to reach the site of a car fire. occupy d.c. protestors plan to cover mcpherson square once again according to the "washington examiner." protestors say they'll reclaim tents confiscated by park police last weekend and set up a new tent city. the georgetown hoyas came oh so close to up ending second ranked syracuse last night. chris joseph however hit a key three pointer to put the win

out of reach. the hoyas fall to the orange in overtime. it is 6:54. time to answer our question of the morning. it was -- >> the answer andrea, is c., dropped makeup in the toilet. have you ever done that? >> i'm not admitting, one more check of traffic and weather is next on 9news now.

okay, one more thing before you go. we had one of the -- >> the ceo of. >> talking about this great initiative. totally hysterical, take back the park from the phillies, therm going to put tickets on sale -- they were going to put

tickets on sale for one of the series in play right? and it was only going that be if you had a credit card that was linked to maryland, virginia and the district, the only ones that can buy the tickets because they wanted more fans at the park. >> if you're been go a game where the phillies are? >> rock noxious is what they were. they found a way to get around the loophole because there's a one time five game flex plan. if you buy that you get to be there as well but they're not certain they'll see phillies fans in that. >> you know i found a way in and got a discount one of the fans wrote on the "washington post." >> we have a better park and boy do we have a good team this near. remember, we beat the best pitcher on their roster and in the league last year twice. >> how do you like them apples

phillys? howard? weather-wise, black ice and a little slick. but tomorrow 50 with rain and snow showers tomorrow night into sad. up northwestern -- saturday. up north again a much colder weekend. initial delays dale city up toward the occoquan and into newington. anyone know what that is? it's the springfield mixing bowl which is looking great. it looks like spaghetti. a quick look at the inbound side of route 50 from the m dot camera, that was tough as well with the accident moved to the shoulder. i always get lost in the mixing bowl. turned around. can you tell why? >> wall street is looking lower this morning watching of course the situation in greece. >> again. >> of course. and the "cbs this morning" is next with more on the debate over requiring religious groups to pay for contraception and what to do when it's time -- to tell your aging mother or father the stop driving. >> howard and i will be back in just 25 minutes with a live update on traffic and weather. have a great day. [ captions by: caption colorado, llc 800-775-